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they eat these pectoral fins and anal fins and | tails. After they 
have eaten, the woman takes | the dish out of which those have 
eaten to whom she has given to eat, | and she takes water and pours 
it into it. Then she puts it back before those to whom she has given 
to eat, | and they wash their hands in it. After || they have done so 
they are given water to drink. | Often they are not given a second 
course after eating | pectoral fins and anal fins and also tails. | The 
guests just go out of the house. The | old people always eat that, 
about which I am talking. |] Only poor people have, for their food, 
these three kinds | about which I am talking. That is all. | 
(2).—When there are many roasted salmon-tails, | the owner invites 
his friends early in the morning to come | and eat breakfast in his house. 
As soon as the guests are all in, || the man who invited them takes a 
food-mat and spreads it on the floor | in front of his guests. Then 
he takes the roasted salmon-tails | and puts them down lengthwise 
on the food-mat. Then he takes | water and gives it to them; and 
after they finish drinking, | they begin to eat. As soon as the guests 
begin to eat, || the man takes his bucket and goes to draw fresh water 
for | drinking afterwards. As soon as he comes back, he puts down 
on the floor the | bucket with water in it; and after they have 
finished eating the salmon-tails, | the man puts the bucket with 
ts!a’snafyé. Wa, gi/lfmésé gwal ha‘mappxs la’e ix‘e’déda ts!nda’- 
qaxa 10’q!we, yix ha‘maats!é’x'disa ha‘mg'‘i/lasE‘was, qa‘s ix‘e’déxa 
Swa’pé qa‘s gixts!6’dés lag. Wa, la xwe’laqak‘a’gemlilas la’xés ha‘m- 
gi/laseswé. Wii, la‘mé’se ts!n/nts!enx¢widex‘da‘x" lag. Wi, g‘i/l- 
‘mésé gwa’tnxs la’é tsii’x‘itsdsa ‘wa’pé. Wa, lan’m na’x‘idEx’- 
dafx" lag. Wa, la q!iina’la k-!és hé/lég-intse'weda ha‘ma’paxa pE- 
Llpxawa‘yé LeSwa pELaga‘ye. Wa, hémisiéda ts!asnatyé. Wi, larm 
4m ho/qtiwrlséda Lé‘lanemx'dé. Wa, lar’/mxaa’wiséda qStils- 
q!i’lyakwé hé’menala ha‘ma’pex gwe’x’sdrmasg‘in gwa’gweéx's‘a- 
lasek:; 1é’x-a‘méda witwoselaga hémawiilanux"sg’ada yu’dux"wi- 
dalagin gwa’gwéx's‘alasa. Wa, lan’m gwala. 
(2).—Wa, gi/lmésé@ q!é’nema L!0’bekwé ts!a’/sna‘ya, la’é hé’x“‘i- 
da‘ma 4xn0/gwadis Le‘lalaxés ‘néfnemd’kwaxa gaa’la qa g°a’xés 
gaa’/xstala lax g'd’kwas. Wa, la gi/'em ‘wi’‘laéreda Lé’“lanrmaxs 
la’éda 1é’‘lalig &x‘e’dxa ha‘madzowé lé‘wa‘tya qa‘s Lep!alilés lax 
L!a/sex'dzama‘yasés Lé‘lanemé. Wai, la &x‘é’dxa L!0’brkwe ts!a’s- 
nafya qa’s lé k-adedzo’ts la’xa ha‘ma’dzowé lé’watya. Wi, li 
axe/dxa ‘wa’ pe qa‘s lé tsi’x‘its laq. Wa, gi’l'mesé gwal na’qaxs la’é 
hafmx“i/dpx'dafxwa. Wai, g‘i/l'mésé ha‘mx“i’déda Lélanemaxs la- 
éda bregwa’nemé Ax‘e’dxés na’gats!é qa‘s lé tsix a’/lti ‘wa’pa qa 
nagé/gites. Wii, g'i/l'mésé gAx aé/daaqaxs la’é k-!6’x¢walilxa na’- 
gats!é ‘wa’brts!ala. Wa, gi/l'mésé gwal ha‘ma’pa ts !éts!4’snég-ixs 
la‘éda begwa/nrmé hi’ng-imliltsa ‘wa’brts !alé na’gats!é laq. Wai, 
